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Convict Journey of Mary Wade
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The Convict Journey of Mary Wade
Transportation of Convicts
Britain
- Industrial Revolution in Britain - 1760
- Increase in crime rate
- Overcrowded jails
- Penal transportation of male and female convicts introduced
- Various British colonies were set up around the world
- Sentences lasted for 7 years
Convict of Interest
Mary Wade
- Mary Wade
- Swept the streets of London to provide for her family
- Found guilty of theft in 1788
- Penal transportation to NSW
- Aboard Lady Juliana as part of the second fleet in 1789
- Youngest convict on the ship
Lady Juliana
The first ship to carry female convicts only
Arrival in Sydney
Australia
- After 11 months, the Lady Juliana arrived at Port Jackson, Sydney in 1790.
- Fresh food was supplied and hygiene was maintained, resulting in a low death rate
- Mary Wade was then sent to the penal settlement on Norfolk Island on 7 August 1790
Life on
Norfolk Island
Norfolk
Island
- Mary Wade was assigned to a free settler as a house servant
- They were abused and placed under great pressure to work
- Severe forms of punishment if failed to work
- Extreme difficulties experienced in achieving freedom
- Mary Wade received her Certificate of Freedom in 1812
Family
Mary Wade
- At the age of 17, she was mother of 2 children from Teague Harrigan
- She moved to Wollongong in 1809
- Life with Jonathan Brooker & 21 children
- Wealth & crops increased
- Jonathan passed away in 1833
Death of Mary Wade
Death
- Mary Wade passed on 17 December 1859.
- Funeral held at the St Paul's Church of England.
- Over 300 living descendants
- One of Australia's "grand founding matriarch".
Portrait
A photo and a drawing of Mary Wade
in 1797 and 1850
Source 1:
Source 1
Extract from the diary of Robert Jones
in 1823
Source 2:
Source 2
Layout of the Parramatta Female Factory
in 1833
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